Accattone (1961) 7.7
A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiraling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison. Director:Pier Paolo Pasolini |
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Accattone (1961) 7.7
A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiraling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison. Director:Pier Paolo Pasolini |
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Vittorio "Accattone" Cataldi
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Franca Pasut | ... |
Stella
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Silvana Corsini | ... |
Maddalena
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Paola Guidi | ... |
Ascenza
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Adriana Asti | ... |
Amore
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Luciano Conti | ... |
Il Moicano
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Luciano Gonini | ... |
Piede D'Oro
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Renato Capogna | ... |
Renato
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Alfredo Leggi | ... |
Papo Hirmedo
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Galeazzo Riccardi | ... |
Cipolla
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Leonardo Muraglia | ... |
Mammoletto
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Giuseppe Ristagno | ... |
Peppe
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Roberto Giovannoni | ... |
The German
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Mario Cipriani | ... |
Balilla
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Roberto Scaringella | ... |
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Pasolini's first film is a painfully realistic study of a pimp in Rome. Vittorio Accattone has never worked a day in his life, and has apparently made a good living prostituting his female companion, Maddalena. But her arrest begins his decline; hungry, he begs from churches and even visits his estranged wife and son. When Stella, a lovely and unbelievably innocent peasant worker, enters his life, Accattone tries to find a way, honest or not, to bring back good fortune... Written by Gary Dickerson <slug@mail.utexas.edu>
In the poor periphery of Rome of the 60's, the despicable caftan Vittorio "Accattone" Cataldi (Franco Citti) is maintained by the hooker Maddalena (Silvana Corsini), spending the time with his useless idle friends. When the prostitute is arrested for perjury, the pimp "Accattone" has nobody to support him, but he seduces the naive worker Stella (Franca Pasut) and she becomes a whore. However, Accattone has a crush on Stella and decides to find a way to support her, with tragic consequences.
"Accattone" is the stunning debut of the great director Pier Paolo Pasolini. He returns to the theme of the misery of Italy in the postwar, explored in many Italian neo-realist movies such as Fellini's "Le Notti di Cabiria" (1957) and Visconti's "Rocco e i Suoi Fratelli" (1960), and magnificently shows the lifestyle of great part of the population in Italy, its lower class, with lack of perspective, starvation, prostitution and unemployment. Considering that this movie is also the debut or the beginning of the career of most actors and actresses, it is amazing how Pasolini was able to make such gem. My vote is nine.
Title (Brazil): "Accattoni Desajuste Social" ("Accattoni Social Maladjustment")